Worker dies after fall from ladder in Port Washington, police say
A Uniondale man died after he fell from a ladder Tuesday morning in Port Washington while doing exterminating work on a home, Nassau police said.
The name of the 29-year-old worker was not immediately released.
Police said he fell off the ladder about 11:35 a.m. "while performing hired extermination work on a Bayside Avenue home … and sustained a serious neck injury."
He was later pronounced dead at a hospital, according to police.
The investigation into the man’s death is ongoing, police said.

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